Computing-measure.



No 846,013. PATENTED MAR; 5, 1907 M. E, CUMMINGS.

UOMPUTING MEASURE.

APPLIGATIOII FILED JAN. 6, 1906 I z SHEETS-SHEET 1 "T m z D 5k 6. ONE-EIG'H TH 0N E-FOU rn'u TWIHHIRDS. THREE'FGURTHS,

PRICE PER-YD No. 846,013. PATENTED MAR. 55, 1907.

M. E. OUMMING-S.

COMPUTING MEASURE.

APPLICATION FILED U1; 6, 1906,

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MARTIN n. CUMMINGS, or cnnnnnr, COLORADO, AISSIGN'OR To THE oUM- MINGS lviANUFACT'URiNG CGMPANY, or GREELEY, COLORADO;

CGMPUTlNG-MEASURE.

IN 0. 846,01 3. Specification of 7 Application filed Jnnuarv 6 To all whom it Ina/y concern:

' Be it known that L'Manrn; E. Ct'ninxcs, a citizen oftheUnit-ed; States, residing at Greeley, in the county ofll eld and State of reference marked thereon, which forma part Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Computinglxieasures; and I do declare -the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of of this specification.

My invention relates to a computingmeasure.

As shown in the drawing and hereinafter described it is my intention tohavcdhe. measure one yard in length, since it is especially adapted for use in dry-goodsstores where the yard is the unit of measure. This device is provided with a number of sections,

one being a unit-price section and'the others being fractional unit-price sections. Each one of these sections is divided into horizontala'nd vertical columns or rows of spaces.

The left-hand vertical column of each section is provided with an index for ready reference. This index is preferably of the letters of the alphabet arranged in order in the said column. In the other spaces of the sectio n are indicated different price-numeralsto designate diii'er ent prices per yard, the said prices being preferably arranged in regular order from one to one hundred, even higher, if desired. The other sections of the measure are located and designated to indicate'fractions of a yard or other vunit'of'measure. The spaces at the right of the index-column are provided with figuresindicating the value of the fractional part of a yard corresponding withthe general designation of the section, this alue being computed at the pricespe'cifiedin the corresponding spaces of the unit-price section. The measure is-preferablygraduated to indicate inches from one to thirty-six where the unit of measure is the yard.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, as well as the function it is intended to perform, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated an embodimentthereof.

Letters Patent. Patented March 5, 1907.

, 1905. Serial No. 294,959.

sists of a plate of metal or other suitable ma terial applied to a counter or other suitable support, (not shown,) whereby it will be conveniently located for use in a store where a computing device is required. As shown in the drawing, this measure is one yard in.

length, its base being graduated and numbered to indicate inches, while the measure beyond the base is provided with sections designated Price per yard, One-eighth, One -iourth, One third, One-half, Two-thirds, and Three-fourths, respectively.

and vertical columns the horizontal columns being indicated by the letters of the alphabet;- placed in the extreme left -hand verticalcolbase of the section a number of other spaces are formed, extending toward the right and designating prices per yard in dollars. The general designations of the other sections, as heretofore explained, indicate fractions of a yard.

The pric'e-per-yard section is. divided into spaces arranged in horizontal These sections are divided into spaces corresponding with the spaces of the} price-per-yard section and the horizontal.

columns are indicated in thcsame w ay. The

other spaces contain figures indicating the computedcost of the fractions of a yard in-' dicated by the-general designations of the sections, estimated at the variousprices per yard designated in thecorresponding spaces of the price-penyard section. Each iractional unit-section is provided at the base In this drawing, Figure 1. may be termed a with a numb er of sp aces extending toward the right corresponding with the spaces at the base ofthe unit-section, the said spaces at the lease of the fractional section containing figures indicating the value of the various fractions of a unit computed at the price specified-in thecorresponding base-spaces of t 1.6 unit-section. I

in the drawing the numeral 6 designates fastening-screws, which it is assumed Will be employed in securing the measure to a suit able stationary support. (Not shown.)

My improved computing-measure is preferably providedwith buttons or rounded projections at its base located to indicate the fractional yard-marks corresponding with the titles of the fractional yard-sections Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. A device of a given unit of length provided with price-sections, each containing a series spaces arranged in horizontal and vertical columns, the horizontal columns beindexed. for ready reference, one section a price-perunit section and the others being designated to indicate fractional units, the spaces adjacent the index-column of the price-per-unit section, containing the diflerent prices for the unit of length of a piece of goods, and the corresponding spaces of each fractional unit section having indicated therein the cost of a piece of goods of the length corresponding with the title of the fractional innit-section at the price set forth. in the corresponding spaces of the price-perunit section.

2, A computing-measure comprising a device of a given unit of length having. its base graduated and provided with figures to indicate subdivisions of the linear unit, the said device being provided with a number of sections, each section being divided into spaces arranged in horizontal and vertical columns, the spaces ofone section having placed therein figures to indicate various prices of articles of the unit of length; While the spaces of the other sections have placed thereinfigures to "indicate the cost of goods of :difierent fractional units of length estimated at the price set forth in the corresponding spaces of the price-per-unit section,

3; A computing-measure comprising a device ofa given unit of length, the said device being provided with sections each divided into spaces arran ed in columns perpendicular to each ot er, one section being a price-per-unit section, and the other sections being price-per-fractional-unit sections, the price-per-unit section having indicated in its spaces different prices for goods'ofa length equal to the unit of the measure; While the spaces ofthe other sections have indicated therein the price of different fractions of the seams unit estimated at the prices set forth in the corresponding spaces of the price-per-unit section.

4, A computing-measure comprising a device onc yard in length and provided With sections each divided into spaces arranged. in columns perpendicular to each other, the spaces of one section indicating in consecutive order a series of numbers indicating different prices per yard; While the spaces of the other sections indicate the cost of different fractions of a yard estimated at the price specified in the corresponding spaces of the price-per-yard section.

5. A computing yard-measure comprising a device a yard in length having its base suitably graduated to indicate fractions of a yard and having different sections -divided into spaces, one section being suitably located and having in its spaces figures arranged in consecutive order to indicate the cos? of goods at variouspriccs per yard; the Ollli."i' sections being designated on the measme by titles to indicate different fractions of a yard and located on the measure adjacent the corresponding fractional marks, the spaces of the fractional yard-sections containing figures indicatin the cost of the different fractions of a' yar of goods estimated spaces of the price-per-yard section.

6. A computin yard-measure provided With sections divided into spaces arranged in horizontal and vertical columns, one section being located at the left-hand extremity of the measure and being designated Price per yar the horizontal columns or rows of spaces being designated by the letters of the alphabet arranged in their proper order, the various spaces of this section containing figures to indicate different prices per yard; the other sections being designated One-eighth, One-third, One-half, Two-thirds and Three-fourths, respectively and properly located on the measure to indicate the various yard-fractions indicated by their titles, the

into spaces to correspond With the spaces of the pricc-per-yard section and correspondingly indexed, the spaces of the fractional yard-sections containing figures to indicate the cost of the different fractions of a yard estimated at the price set forth in the corresponding spaces of the price-per-yard section.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MARTIN E. CUMMINGS.

VVitnesses':

HARRr YoUNos,

LINCOLN FISHBAGK.

at the price found in the corresponding said fractional yard-sections beingdivided 

